Simeon kept for a pledge. Benjamin goeth to Egypt. 33 And the man, the lord of the cour try, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your househoid, and be gone; GENESIS, XLIII. 11 We are all one man's sons. we are! B. C. 1706. true men; thy servants are not spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to ee the nakedness of the land ye are come. a c.37.30. 13 And they said, Thy servants are Jer.31.15. twelve brethren, the sons of one man in La.5.7. the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and b c.34.10., one a is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That c De.6.13. is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies : 1Sa.1.26. 17.55. Ja.5.12, 15 Hereby ye shall be proved; By the life of Pharaoh c ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother d c. 43.21. come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch 1 bound. your brother, and ye shall be 1 kept in 2 gathered. prison, that your words may be proved, e c.43.14. whether there be any truth in you: or else, f 1Sa.27.1. by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. 17 And he 2 put them all together into ward three days. Job 7.7. Ec.7.18. Ro.8.25. g c.20 11. Le.25 43. Ne.5 15. Lu. 18.2,4. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day. This do, and live; for I fear g God. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine h c.37.33. of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. i ver.34. c.43.5. 44.23. k c.44.29. IK.17.18. Job 25.9.9. Hos.5.15. 21 And they said one to another, Well Nu.32.23. are verily guilty / concerning our brother, that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come m c.41.54. upon us. La.5.10. 22 And Reuben answered them, say-n Pr.21.13. ing, Spake I not unto you, o saying, Do not sin against the child and ye would not hear therefore, behold, also his blood is p required. 24.11,12. Je.34.17. Mat.7.2. 3 protesting 23 And they knew not that Joseph un- protested. derstood them; for 4 he spake unto them o c.37.21. by an interpreter. p c.9.5. 24 And he turned himself about from) IK.2.32. them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to gives them provision for the q way: and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of then opened his sack,r to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 2Ch.24.22. Ps.9.11. an interpreter was between them. asking asked us. 6 mouth. q s Mat.5.44. Ro.12.17,20. knowing could we know? r c.44.11. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My c.44.32. money is restored; and, lo, it is even in Ps.119.122. my sack and their heart failed 8 them, Phil.18.19. and they were afraid, saying one to 8 went forth. another, What is this that God hath done 9 or, twice unto us? by this. 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told 10 with us him all that befell unto them saying, hard things. 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 10 roughly t to us, and took us for t ver.7, 12. spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true v Pr.18.16. men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our u c.37.25. father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. x c.42.25. 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then chall I know that we are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall trafie b in the land. 35 And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: d and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved e of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: All these things fare against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 Art he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs k with sorrow to the grave. CHAP. XLIII. AND the famine was sore min the land 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying The man 3 did solemnly protest unto zs, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy the food: 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 7 And they said, The man 5 asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety s for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: If I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned 9 this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, va little balin, u and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds: 12 And take double money in your hand: and the money that was brough again x in the mouth of your sacks, car it again in your hand; peradventure was an oversight : 13 Take also your brother, and arise, Joseph entertains his brethren. again unto the man: GENESIS, XLIV. 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before a the man, that he may send away a Ne.1.!1. your other brother, & Benjaniin. If I be Ps.37.5. bereaved bof my children, I am bereaved. 1 or, and I, 15 And the men took that present, and as I have they took double money in their hand, heen, &c. and Benjamin; and rose up, and went b Est.4.16. lown to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. c 2Sa.11.8. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin 2 drank with them, he said to the ruler e of his largely. house, Bring these men home, and 4 slay d Pr.31.6. and make ready; for these mes shall dine 5 with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade;] and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. Ec.9.7.10.19 e c.44.1. was over his house. 4 kill a killing. eat. upon us. f Job 30.14. g De.2.16. Pr. 17.13. coming down, we came down. or, maketh trial. Is And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, that he may seek f occasion against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 6 roll himself 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn,that we opened our sacks, and, behold,every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we can-k not tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said, Peace k be to you! fear not: your God, and the God of your fafher, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 9I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 8 i Jos.22.22. 2K.8.13. Ju.6.23. 19. 20. 1S.25.6. Lu.24.36. c.43.22. your money came to me. m c.31.32. 24 And the man brought the men into n c.18.4. Joseph's house, and gave them n water, 24.32. and they washed their feet; and he gave o Ex.22.3. their asses provender. p ver.11. 25 And they made ready the p present q c.37.7,10. against Joseph came at noon: for they 10 peace. heard that they should eat bread there. r c.37.29.34. 26 And when Joseph came home, they Nu.14.6. brought him the present which was in 28a.1.11. their hand, into the house, and q bowed 11 Is there themselves to him to the earth. peace to 27 And he asked them of their 10 welfare,] your faand said, 11 Is your father well, the old ther? man of whom yes spake? is he yet alive?s c.42.11, 13. 28 And they answered, Thy servant t c.37.7. our father is in good health, he is yet v c.35.17,18. alive. And they bowed down their 12 or, make heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lift up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his v mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. x 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn z upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered to his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. trial. ver.5. u Ezr.9.10. Job 40.4. x Jos.7.19. 2Ch.29.11. Mat.9.2. y Nu.32.23. Jos.7.18. Pr.28.17. Lu. 12.2. z 1Ki.3.26. Jer.31.20. Ph.1.8. 2.1. 32 And they set on for him by himself, & for them by themselves, & for the Egyp tians, which did eat with him by them- Col.3.12. selves because the Egyptians might not a Pr.17.15. eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is b c.46.34. an b abomination unto the Egyptians. Ex.8.26. 33 And they set before him, the first-c c.18.30,32. Hisobey to detain them. born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes c unto them from before him: But Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank and 2 were merry d with him. CHAP. XLIV. AND he commanded the 3 steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth: 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the g men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil h for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he 8 divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing. 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid i that thy servants should do according to this thing. 8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him m die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; o and ye shall be blameless. 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the Jeldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there; and they fell before him t on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not, that such a man as I can certainly 12 divine? 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? What shall u we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out y the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do a so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get ye up in peace unto your father. 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger e burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. Joseph acknowledges his brethren. GENESIS, XLV. 29 My lord asked his servants, saying, B. C. 1705. Have ye a father, or a brother? a c.47.8. 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father c loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, c c.37.3. Bring him down unto me, e that I may d 1Ch.11.14. set mine eyes upon him. Ps. 18.50. 44.4. nant. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad no more. 24 And it came to pass, when we came f Jno. 19.11. Ju.17.10. 29 And if ye take this also from me,and p c.33.4. 25.25.29. 2 was good in the eyes 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth r c.43.9. 32 For thy servant became suretyr for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, sa bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 9.3. t c.27.28. 47.6. Nu.18.29. De.32.14. 2Ch.34.28. find my father. Ex.18.8. Job 31.29. Ps.116.3. 119.143. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, TH CHAP. XLV. your eye HEN Joseph could not refrain him- 5 mouth. self before all them that stood by x Nu.3.16. him; and he cried, Cause every man toy c.43.34. go out from me. And there stood no man 6 gave forth with him, while Joseph made himself his voice in known unto his brethren. weeping. 23.15. Joseph sendeth for his father. 6 For these two years a hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing b nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you, to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great d deli verance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but f God: and he hath made me a father g to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph,God hath made me lor 1 of all Egypt: coine down unto me, tarry not. 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, h and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, Leh, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste, and bring down. to my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, p and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him. 16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's breth ren are come and it 2 pleased Pla raoh well, and his servants." 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18 And take your father, and your households, and come unto me and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt,and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, & ad for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commaniment z of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five y changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egyp', and ten she-asses laden with corn and Lread and meat for his fa 2 And he wept aloud: z and the Egyp-z Nu.14.1. 5 Now therefore be not c grieved, 9 nor Israel goeth into Egypt. for he believed a them not. GENESIS, XLVII. Joseph meets his father. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: a Job 9.16. and when he saw the waggons which 29.24. 23 And the sons of Dan; 1 Hushim. Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit Ps.126.1. 24 and the sons of Napatali; Jahzeel, of Jacob their father revived: b Lu.24.11,41. and Guni, and Gezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave c unto Rachel his daughter; and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven 28 And Israel said, It is enough: Jo-1or, Shuham. seph my son is yet alive: I will go and Nu.26.42. see him before I die. b Ps.$5.6. CHAP. XLVI. ND Israel took his journey with all sheba,and offered sacrifices unto the God e of his father Isaac. c c.29.29. 2 thigh. 28.10. e c.31.42,53. c.15.1. Jol) 33.14. g 1Sa.3.4,10. h De.10.22. Ac.7.14. i c.12.2. 2 And God spake unto Israel f in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. g And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there i make of thee a great nation. 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; De 26.5. and I will also surely bring thee up mk c.31.11. again and Joseph shall put his hand nl c.47.1. upon thine eyes. m c.15.16. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : 50.13,25. and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their Ex.3.8. father, and their little ones, and their n c.50.1. wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had sent q to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, r Jacob, and all his seed with him. 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his secd brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel s which came into Egypt: Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 12 And the sons of Judah ; Er, & Onan, & Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er & Onan diedwin the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, 8 and Job, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. Ac.7.15. o c.45. 14. p La.2.29,30. c.45.19,27. they are men of cattle. Nu.20.15. Is.52.4. 6.14. t c.47.3. 10 And the sons of Simeon :4 Jemuel,and v c.30.35. Jamin,& Ohad,&5Jachin, and 6 Zohar; and 37.12. Shaul, the son of a Canaanitish woman.4 or, Nemuel. 11 And the sons of Levi; 7 Gershon, or, Jaril. Kohath, and Merari. 6 or, Zerah. Tor, Gershom. c.43.32. Ex.8.26. w c.38.3,7,10. c.46.31. y c.46.28. or, Puah, and Jashub. z Ac.7.13. & Jon.1.8. b Am.7.14. 9 Nu.26.15. Zephon. 10 or, Ozni. 11 or, Arod. c c.15.13. De.26.5. Ps.105.23. Is.52.4. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad; 9 Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 10 Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, 11 and Areli. And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishua, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: And the sons of Beriah Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom d c.29.24. Laban gave dto Leah his daughter: & these e c.41.50. she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 12 or, prince. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife; Joseph and Benjamin. 1Ch.27.29. Pr.22.29. 20 And unto Joseph, in the land of 13 Nu.26.38. Egypt, were born e Manasseh & Ephraim, Ahiram. which Asenath, the daughter of Foti- 14 Nu.26.39. pherah 12 priest of On, bare unto him. Shupham. 21 And the sons of Benjamin wer Be- 1Ch.7.12. Jah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Shuppin. Naaman, 13 Ehi, and Rosh, 14 Muppim, 15 Hupham. and 15 Huppim, and Ard. Nu.26.39. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, 2 besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt,were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt,were threescore and ten. h 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face k unto Goshen ; and they came into the land of 7 Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and presented himself unto him: and he fell on his neck, o and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, p since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; 32 And the men are shepherds, for their 3 trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaol. shall call you, and shall say, What t is your occupation? 34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle v from cur youth even until now, both we and also our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen: for every shepherd is an abomination u unto the Egyptians. CHAP. XLVII." TH THEN Joseph came and told x Pha raoh, and said, My father, and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the y land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, z and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation ?a And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shep herds, b both we, and also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn c in the land are we come: for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharoah spake unto Joseph, say ing, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: 6 The land of Egypt is before thee: in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then raake them rulers over f my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his GENESIS, XLVIII. Joseph's dealing in the Famins. father, and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed a Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old 1 art thou? B. C. 1706. a 1Pe.2.17. 1 many are 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The the days of days of the years of my pilgrimage are the years of an hundred and thirty years: few and thy life? evil have the days of the years of my life b Ezr.7.24. een, and c have not attained unto the c c.25.7,8. days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 35.28. 2 or, princes. Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. food, and for them of your households; and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, b except the land of the 2 priests only, which be came not Pharaoh's. 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, 11 And Joseph placed his father and d Ex.1.7.12. and multiplied d exceedingly. his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as e Pha-3 rashi had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's house-e hold, with bread, 4 according to their families. 13 And h there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was very sore,so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine. De.10.22. Ne.9.23. days of the years of his life. ver.6. Ex.1.11. f De.31.14. IKI.2.1. Job 7.1. 14.14. according to the little ones; or, as a little child is nourished. g c.24.2. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land h c.41.30,31. of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all i c.50.25. the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die ink IKI.1.47 thy presence? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. He.11.22. He.11.21. c.28.13-19. 35.6,&c. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, And for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he fed 5 them with bread 5 led. for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said De.32.8. Am.9.14,15. unto him, We will not hide it from my m c.17.8. lord, how that our money is spent; my Jord also hath our herds of cattle: there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, n c.41.50-52. but our bodies and our lands: 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us o and 0 Job 2.4. our land for bread, and we and our land La.1.11. will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give p Jos. 14.4. us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of q c.35.16-19. Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the fa-. mine prevailed over them; so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders) of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the 6 priests bought 6 or, princes, he not; for the priests had a portion as-r c.33.5. signed them of Pharaoh, and did eat theirs c.27.4. portion which Pharaoh gave them; He.11.21. wherefore they sold not their lands. heavy. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh lo, here is seed t c.37.33,35. for you, and ye shall sow the land. 45.26. 24 And it shall come to pass, in the in-u Ep.3.20. erease, that ye shall give the fifth part un to Pharaoh; and four parts shall be your v Ex.20.12. own, for seed of the field, and for your Le.19.32. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the 3 whole age of facob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time ƒ drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, g I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 But i will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And 31 And he said, Swear unto me. he sware unto him. And Israel k bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII. ND it came to pass, after these things, ther is sick and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Al mighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto ine, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, for m an everlasting possession. 5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which n were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came uuto thee into Egypt, are inine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and p shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel q died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come untoEphrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given r me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless s them. 10 (Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.) And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, 1 t bad not thought to see thy face; and, lo, u hath showed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out fr between his knees, and he bowed v self with bis face to the earth. |